Benefactive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Benefactive is an adjective meaning (linguistics) Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary of an action. Expressed in English as "on behalf of", "in behalf of", "on one's behalf", or similar.
Meaning
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary of an action. Expressed in English as "on behalf of", "in behalf of", "on one's behalf", or similar.
More Meanings
- (linguistics) A term or sentence element that serves a benefactive role or that is inflected for the benefactive case or a similar case (such as the dative case).
Example Sentences
Normally, the repeated benefactive suffix is not found after the telic form of the verbal stem
Word Forms
- benefactives
Antonyms for benefactive
Common opposites include malefactive.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include malefactive, beneficential, benedictory, absolutive, aspective, patientive.
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